From: Dee Flint on Jul 21, 6:01 pm


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http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-05-143A1.doc

Ugly. Really ugly. But who of us in the PCTA camp,
realistically,
actually had themselves deluded into thinking the FCC would
take any other path?

As I often said in the past 5 years, when FCC wrote that
code testing served no regulatory purpose other than
treaty compliance, the deal was essentially done.

Errr....the FCC "said that" (wrote it, actually) in 1990
in regards to 90-53 on the creation of the no-code-test
Technician class. So, what did you do between 15 and 5
years ago? :-)

The amazing thing was that it's taken two years to get
this far.

That's because the people wanting to eliminate the code "shot themselves in
the foot" with a plethora of wide ranging petitions.

Tsk. Dee, you should really READ the NPRM more carefully,
especially pages 6 through 9 and the footnotes on page 2. Then
go to pages 26 through 28 to see which Petition was DENIED and
which was granted in part.

I've read all 18 Petitions as they were put on the ECFS...and
Commented on all 18. Did YOU Comment on any of those
Petitions or were you too busy doing DX in the morning before
work?

Hello? There was a WIDE RANGE of "restructuring" in those 18
Petitions. Had you actually studied them you would have seen
that the more Byzantine plans were done by the PCTAs. shrug


This "NPRM" is not "an opportunity to comment", it's an announcement
about the way it's absolutely gonna be. Period. They'll go thru the
NPRM motions only because the law sez they have to and they'll
patiently tap their fingers on the table until the deluge of desparate
commnents is over then declare the POS they published today a done deal.

Was that "disparate" or "desperate?" :-)

I'll comment, like always.

Tsk. You will comment on anything, especially about subjects not
germane to this newsgroup! :-)

I agree with Dee, the only visible impact this latest "restructing"
will be is another quickie bubble of upgrades and nothing more then
back then the bands as usual.

Yup. Then the "barrier" folks will find another excuse.

Tsk. The "barrier" has been up for over 92 years. The "olde
folkes' home" (in radio) has been established, located on the
HF ham bands. Remarkable "new technology" on those HF ham
bands? Only that devised by those in the UK and Europe...and
the designer-manufacturers in Asia.

Got my antenna back up last night (had to take it down Sunday for
the new siding to go on the house). 40 was full of CW signals.
Nice chat with a VE2 on 7031. Life is good.

Yup it is. And I will continue as always to try to introduce amateur radio
to new people.

Keep on plugging that vital to the nation's needs, morse code,
the one that "saves lives" etc., and supposedly "gets through
when nothing else will." Is it "pioneering the (radio) airwaves
through HF QSOs?" :-)

I'll continue boosting ALL of ELECTRONICS...of which radio is
a subset. It's a good occupation, interesting, challenging,
constantly evolving, breaking new ground, on the cutting edges
of electronics technology. Pays reasonably well, too. I've
been in it for 53 years as a professional, as a hobbyist for
about 58 years.

Life IS good. The NPRM has finally arrived!

The light at the end of the tunnel is not another train, just
a representative of the rest of the radio world with
Diogenes' borrowed lantern wondering where in the hell amateur
radio has been... :-)